Whangaimoana Station

Date: 1855-1864, 1934-1935, 1951-1958

Reference: MS-Papers-1780

Description: Farm records of Whangaimoana Station, owned by Russell family including letter book of S A Hanlon, owner of Moanatahi Station, Palliser Bay; personal papers of W P Karaitiana, farmer at Pirinoa (1933-1958), including Te Aute College school report card for Hugh Karaitiana (1951-1952) Source of title - Supplied Quantity: 3 folder(s). 0.03 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss, typescripts and printed matter

Date: 1907

From: W B Chennells :Collection of maps

By: Masterton Public Library; Seaton & Sladden (Firm); Ferguson & Hicks (Firm)

Reference: MapColl-832.45gbbd/1907/Acc.36661

Description: A base map of the plan of the subdivision of Whangaimoana estate to be sold by public auction has been used to list the buyers of various lots, some with prices in pounds sterling and others with acreages. This information appears on headed notepaper of W.B. Chennells & Co. mounted on the reverse of the map. Names include Eli, Holmes Warren, Heckler, J. Graham, Gillier, J. Iorns, T. Kennedy, Pilmer, P. Dransfield. The first of the three base maps shows lots 1 to 26 in the area from Palliser Bay to Lake Onoke to Tauranganui Stream. Includes homesteads, woolshed, sheepyards, bridle track, school site, Scotch church, ferry. Names include McDougall Bros., Kelly. Lots 30 to 40 are shown on the second map, an enlarged plan. Map three is a locality plan of the area from Palliser Bay to Featherston and Masterton. Scale of the first map [1:15 840] and of the second map [1:2 376] Title supplied by cataloguer from the information on notepaper mounted on reverse Base map: Plan of the subdivision of the famous Whangaimoana Estate. To be sold by public auction at the Foresters' Hall, Masterton on Thursday, April 18, 1907 at 2p.m. by Abraham & Williams Ltd., acting under the instruction of the public trustee as executor of the will of the late J. Purvis Russell, deceased. Quantity: 3 map(s) on one sheet. Physical Description: Lithograph, coloured, scales vary, 52 x 83.1 cm.

Date: 1924

From: Moore, Robert Percy, 1881-1948 :Panoramic photographs of New Zealand

Reference: Pan-0967-F

Description: Panoramic view of the Whangaimoana Station near Palliser Bay. Sloping farmland in the foreground with the homestead visible in the distance, centre right. Photograph taken by R P Moore in 1924. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - "Whangai-Moana Palliser Bay Wairarapa New Zealand 1924"; Marginal notes on negative - [On brown adhesive tape] Whangai Moana Wairarapa Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Panoramic negative 24.7 x 117.5 cm

Date: 1990-2019

From: [Ephemera of octavo size relating to gardens in specific locations in New Zealand]

Reference: Eph-A-GARDENS-Wairarapa-1990/2019

Description: Includes brochures and pamphlets relating to Wairarapa gardens in general, Awaiti Gardens & Nursery (Carterton), Richmond Garden (Carterton), Whangaimoana Gardens, Garden Galaxy Masterton (5-7 November 2003), Apple Blossom Amble, Greytown (2003), St Matthew's Collegiate Garden Festival 1995, Harakeke Garden 17 km from Martinborough, Wairarapa Garden Festival 1998, Te Muna Terrace Garden (10 km from Martinborough), Martinborough Garden Festival 1996, Wairarapa Country Garden tour 19 October 2014, Hospice Wairarapa Country Christmas (5-6 November 2016) Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Sizes varying up to 240 mm

Date: 1970-1999

From: [Ephemera of quarto size relating to gardens in specific locations in New Zealand].

Reference: Eph-B-GARDENS-1900s

Description: Includes: 1971: Ngaere Gardens Pioneer Village development project [Stratford. ca 1971]. Flier 1980s: The garden of Government House Auckland. [1980s]. Pamphlet 1985: Garden Heritage Tour run in conjunction with Newmans Coach Tours Ltd, all around New Zealand. 1985. Itinerary St Matthew's Old Girls' Association. Garden tour visiting two well known South Wairarapa country gardens. 17 November [1985]. Flier 1989: Whangaimoana Gardens open days 1989 [August - October 1989]. Flier 1991: The Ridges Garden & Nursery [Marton]. Layout / plan on flier. [ca 1991] Titoki Point Garden & Nursery [Taihape?]. Annette & Gordon Collier. 1991. Layout / plan on flier (2 copies) 1992: Privare garden opens days 1992. Whangaimoana. Labour weekend and every weekend until 29 November. Flier 1994: Trinity Farm rose seminars. [Otaki, Spring and summer 1994/1995]. Flier 1995: Trustbank Yates Eastland Garden festival [Gisborne, Wairoa, Opotiki], 2-8 November 1995. Programme booklet 1996: Huntley School garden festival 1896-1996. [Marton], 22-24 November 1996. Flier 1997: Tupare Gardens. Queen Elizabeth II National Trust for open space in New Zealand. Nga kairauhi Papa. Visitor's guide [ca 1997] 1998: WestpacTrust Eastland Garden Festival, 12-16 November [1998] in association with Yates. programme booklet Subdivisions by location. Related material may be housed at subject locations: HORTICULTURAL EQUIPMENT, HORTICULTURAL SOCIETIES, LAWNMOWERS, PARKS Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Sizes varying up to 330 mm

Date: [1920s]

From: Field, Arthur Nelson : Collection of albums and negatives

Reference: PA1-o-158

Description: Photographs taken on trips around New Zealand, by Arthur Nelson Field and a group of friends. Some views show the cars they were travelling in, including some scenes where the vehicles became stuck in mud. Areas visited include the Wairarapa, Taranaki (including the Taranaki tollgate) and Parihaka; parts of the South Island, including Haulashore Island, Maruia Springs, Okarito, and a view of Reefton after a fire (circa 1928). Okarito Courthouse photographed in a derelict state in 1928. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with dark brown mottled cover, entitled `Happy records'; 15 x 20 cm

Date: 1847-1971

By: Paterson, John Robert, active 1971

Reference: MS-Papers-1065

Description: The story of Whangaimoana Station in the Wairarapa, and the homestead, built by Thomas Purvis Russell the brother of John Purvis Russell. Includes copies of the photographs of the homestead and its special features, and of 2 pages of handwritten notes. Source of title - Supplied Quantity: 1 folder(s) (27 pages). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript (copy)

Date: [ca 1994]

From: Friar, Denis Ashwood, 1952- :Transparencies of public and private gardens in New Zealand

Reference: PA12-9756-01

Description: View of `Wangaimoana,' a house and garden at Palliser Bay, South Wairarapa. Photographed by Denis Friar in about 1994. This private garden featured in "New Zealand Gardens Open to Visit' produced by Jillian and Denis Friar from 1994 to 1998. In the 1990s it was owned by Jaqui and Alister Sutherland. Quantity: 1 colour original transparency/ies. Physical Description: Dye coupler transparency, 8 x 6 cm

By: Read, Charles Rudston, 1818-1854

Reference: A-036-015

Description: View from a high point looking down over Whangaimoana Station, with the homestead, another house and a barn, a fenced garden area, a shelter-belt of trees, a meandering stream marked by trees and the foothills of the Rimutaka Range in the background. In the foreground are low hills with sheep on the right side. The view is probably from near Whangaimoana Beach on the shores of Lake Ferry. Probably done while the artist was accompanying Donald McLean on a trip from Wellington to Hawkes Bay, to acquire land. The pair left Wellington in December 1850. The homestead belonged to Thomas Purvis Russell and his brothers (Henry, Robert and John) and sister (Anne), who squatted in the Wairarapa from 1847. The property and a later homestead are still called Whangaimoana. Other Titles - Whangaimoana Inscriptions: Verso - title and initials. The inscription continues: For Anna Harding and Miss F Donne to amuse themselves finishing this. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour on paper 139 x 233 mm